Milk Supply

ADFC will enter into our standard form Milk Supply Agreement (both exclusive and non-exclusive) with a supplier in the following circumstances:

  1. The supplier has a demonstrated ability to consistently meet the quality requirements set out in our Milk Supply Policy. 
  2. The supplier is a shareholder of ADFC (or agrees to become a shareholder of ADFC). 
  3. The supplier holds a current food safety licence from its relevant state regulatory authority.
  4. The supplier is able to supply milk on an all-year-round basis. 
  5. The supplier is capable of supplying at least 800 litres of milk per collection
  6. The supplier is located in one of ADFC’s milk collection regions (which currently covers the majority of Victoria). 
  7. The supplier has a collection point that a milk tanker can safely access on an all-year-round basis.
  8. ADFC currently has the capacity to accept the supplier’s milk based on the current needs of ADFC customers. 

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Supply Manual & Policy

Get to know our milk supply policy 

Our milk supply policy tells you everything you need to know about membership in ADFC: including information about our payment systems, current raw milk prices, quality assurance, transportation, and more.

Supplier Agreement Disputes

Mediations

(a) The number of disputes arising under or in connection with a milk supply agreement that were the subject of a mediation that commenced or ended in the Reporting Period.

• One mediation in connection with a milk supply agreement occurred during the Reporting Period.

(b) Information about the nature of the disputes referred to in paragraph (a).

• The nature of the dispute related to compliance with ADFC’s Milk Supply Policy and ADFC’s willingness to enter into a new milk supply agreement.

(c) The number of mediations conducted in the Reporting Period to resolve the disputes referred to in paragraph (a) and the average time taken to resolve the disputes.

• One mediation occurred, which was conducted over the course of one day.

(d) Information about the outcome of the disputes referred to in paragraph (a).

• Although ADFC offered the supplier assistance to comply with ADFC’s Milk Supply Policy, the supplier declined the assistance and supply was discontinued.

 

Arbitrations

(e) The number of disputes arising under or in connection with the agreement that were the subject of an arbitration that commenced or ended in the Reporting Period.

• Nil.

(f) Information about the nature of the disputes referred to in paragraph (e).

• N/A

(g) The number of arbitrations conducted in the Reporting Period to resolve the disputes referred to in paragraph (e) and the average time taken to resolve the disputes.

• No arbitrations were conducted during the Reporting Period.

(h) Information about the outcome of the disputes referred to in paragraph (e).

• N/A

Mediations

(a) The number of disputes arising under or in connection with a milk supply agreement that were the subject of a mediation that commenced or ended in the Reporting Period.

     Nil.

(b) Information about the nature of the disputes referred to in paragraph (a).

     N/A

(c) The number of mediations conducted in the Reporting Period to resolve the disputes referred to in paragraph (a) and the average time taken to resolve the disputes.

     No mediations were conducted during the Reporting Period.

(d) Information about the outcome of the disputes referred to in paragraph (a).

     N/A

Arbitrations

(e) The number of disputes arising under or in connection with the agreement that were the subject of an arbitration that commenced or ended in the Reporting Period.

     Nil.

(f) Information about the nature of the disputes referred to in paragraph (e).

     N/A

(g) The number of arbitrations conducted in the Reporting Period to resolve the disputes referred to in paragraph (e) and the average time taken to resolve the disputes.

     No arbitrations were conducted during the Reporting Period.

(h) Information about the outcome of the disputes referred to in paragraph (e).

     N/A

Our Agreements

View our current milk supply agreements

Our milk supply agreements are updated annually to reflect the changes in price from year to year. To understand what a commitment with ADFC looks like, take a look at the latest versions of our supply agreements here.

Previous year Agreements

Our milk supply agreements are available for 13 months from the publishing date. If you need to access exclusive and non exclusive milk supply agreements from previous years, please follow the links below.

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